News & Views from Davis Dyslexia Association International
Educators use the term “orthographic mapping” to describe the way that written words are etched into long-term memory. Once a person has “mapped” a word, they will be able to recognize the word instantly by sight
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Sharing how to learn words and language through meaning first. This clay model created by an adult client shows the meaning of ‘onto’ beautifully and with a sense of movement,
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Parents seeking help for their dyslexic kids usually have one question uppermost in their minds: will it work?
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Reviews of long-term effects of school-based reading interventions show that consistent teaching of comprehension strategies is more effective than explicit teaching of phonics.
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Book Review: Reversed, a memoir, by Lois Letchford. A mother’s quest to help her dyslexic son.
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Recent research studies cast doubt on the role of phonological processing difficulties in dyslexia. One study, from the UK, suggests
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A parent of a second-grader writes: My son had a big gain in reading after completing his Davis program week,
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In this 30 minute interview, author and educator Lois Letchford shares her insights and unique approach to helping dyslexic schoolchildren
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A girl told me a few days ago: “It’s strange, when I read in my classes or I listen to
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A recently published study from Canada shows that dyslexic students improve with spelling at a significantly higher rate when taught
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Millions of children and adults on this planet have difficulty reading. One of those people is my wonderful Wife. She
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Dyslexia expert Maryanne Wolf says, “the more you know about a word, the faster you can read it.” Now researchers
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Time for a Change
This awesome mother supported her son as he went through his course with me. She booked him in wanting help with his self-regulation. The outcome was “a calm, reasonable boy – and happy.”
Dyslexia Q&A: Advice for Parents
This is the final installment of a seven-video series from an interview style Q & A session. This video is focused on how parents can better understand and help their kids.
Dyslexia Q&A: The Dark Side of Dyslexia
This is the sixth of a seven-video series taken from an interview style Q & A session. In this video we discuss some of the hardships that dyslexic children and adults face in life.
Disorientation and Visual Confusion
When my clients arrive with visual sensory disorientations it can be a result of life stress. Or simply that they are naturally strong visual learners in a world of words where confusion causes these symptoms.
How to Tell Time
The seven most common sources of confusion for children, and how to address them.
